THE KURAM VALLEY, ETC., AFGHANISTAN. 168 
Punica granatum, Linn. 
Kuram district, from 3000 to 5000 feet. The pomegranate is 
indigenous, and it is also cultivated for its fruit. 
ONAGRARIEZ. 
Epilobium minutiflorum, Haussk. MSS. in herb. Kew. 
My plants nos. 348 and 651 (1879) (named Z. tetragonum, 
Linn.), and my plant, without a number, collected at Shálizán, 
June 1878, all correspond exactly to the specimens of Z. palustre, 
Linn., in Kew herbarium that have been named Z. minutiflorum 
by Haussknecht. 
The flowers in my specimens change in colour from white to 
rose. 
939 (1879). E. roseum, Schreb. ? 
Regarded as Z. roseum, Schreb., var. anagallidifolium (Lamk. 
sp.) by C. B. Clarke, Fl. Brit. India; but in Kew herbarium it has 
been named Z. pseudo-obscurum, Haussk., MSS. 
651 A (1879). E. tetragonum, Linn. 
Is not that plant, but corresponds to no. 29714 herb. C. B. 
Clarke, named Z. palustre, Linn., which is designated a new 
species, Haussk. MSS. in Kew herbarium ; and with it I identify 
my plant no. 300 of 1880. 
CUCURBITACER. 
498, Zehneria umbellata, Thwaites. 
Thal to Badish-khél, from 2000 to nearly 4000 feet. 
Characteristic of Nannorrhops scrub. 
FICOIDEE. 
528. Orygia decumbens, Forsk. 
Near Thal, north-west base of Mount Tór-ghar, a little above 
2000 feet, profuse. 
UMBELLIFERAE. 
929 (1879). Bupleurum, sp. Aff. B. baldensis, 8. olympici, Boiss., dif- 
fert caulibus numerosis recumbentibus, floribus luteis. 
This may prove the type of a distinct species. 
152. Carum meifolium, Bieb., var. divergens, Boiss. et Huet. 
Last year I named 478 (1879) O. bulbocastanum, Koch, var., 
which it is not, but is this plant. 
313. Sium angustifolium, Linn. 
Kuram district, in rice-fields and ditches, at 4000 feet, common. 
